July 15 at the arena Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula (California, USA) in the main event of the show from Top Rank there will be an entertaining confrontation in the limit of the first welterweight (up to 63.5 kg) between unbeaten contenders Arnold Barbosa Jr. (26-0, 10 KOs) from the USA and Danielito Zorrilla (16-0, 12 KOs) from Puerto Rico.
Winners will warm up OI-2020 American prospects lightweight (up to 61.2 kg) Kishon Davis (5-0, 4 KOs) and heavyweight (over 90.7 kg)
Richard Torres (1-0, 1 KO). Their opponents are still unknown.
Barbosa was previously matched by opponents of Teofimo Lopez: “I never wanted so much!”
The WBA champion in the second featherweight (up to 59 kg) Venezuelan middleweight Roger Gutierrez (26-3-1, 20 KOs) will hold a mandatory defense against the Dominican Hector Luis Garcia (15-0, 10 KOs) on July 10 in Caracas (Venezuela). This will be the first title fight in this country in the last 2.5 years.
Cuban heavyweight (over 90.7 kg) Frank Sanchez (20-0, 13 KOs) followed the example of lightweight Ryan Garcia and left Mexican coach Eddie Reynoso, known for his collaboration with star super middleweight Saul Canelo Alvarez, for American Joe Goossen.
Garcia previously spoke about Sanchez and Reynoso’s relationship: “He knows the whole truth.”
Two cool news from the world of women’s boxing:
– the current American champions in the second featherweight (up to 59 kg) agreed on a face-to-face fight: in late summer / early autumn, IBF / WBO belt holder Mikaela Mayer (17-0, 5 KOs) and WBC champion Alicia Baumgardner (12-1, 7 KOs);
– the fight for the title of absolute middleweight champion (up to 72.6 kg) between the undefeated British Savannah Marshall (12-0, 10 KOs) and the American Clarissa Shields (12-0, 1 KOs) will take place on September 10 in Newcastle or London (UK) . So far, Marshall has the WBO title, and the American has all the other division belts.
The IBF ordered a cruiserweight eliminator (up to 90.7 kg): experienced Mateusz Masternak (46-5, 31 KOs) from Poland and the unknown Jason Waitley (10-0, 9 KOs) from Australia will fight for the 1st position in the organization’s rating . The parties have a month to agree on the place and date of the fight. Otherwise, the fate of the duel will be decided at an open auction.
A formidable prospect from the same division, Briton Richard Riakpore (14-0, 10 KOs) on June 11 in London (England) will fight with Italian Fabio Turchi (20-1. 14 KOs), after which he will fight for the title. Fighter promoter Ben Shalom (boxer) claims to have already held preliminary talks with the legendary Don King (Don King Production) about the fight between Riakpore and WBC champion Ilunga Makabu (29-2, 25 KOs) from the DRC – the fight could take place in Britain.
The parties need to hurry, as the WBC recently ordered several eliminators, including cruiserweight.
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